The Safety and Environmental Base Module is the foundation of eCAP®. This module is designed to provide ongoing solutions to environmental compliance requirements. It provides routine interaction with the environmental compliance consultant experts and plant personnel to ensure consistent environmental regulation compliance and program improvement. This can be accomplished at three levels: program development, program implementation and compliance monitoring. In addition, training can be provided to employees to establish an understanding of the facility’s environmental, health and safety mission. At least one of these options are required and selections of additional options is dependent upon the facility’s compliance needs.
Knowing the difficulties associated with compliance, August Mack has developed an environmental, health and safety compliance assurance program (eCAP®) that can revolutionize the way facilities manage environmental regulation compliance. eCAP® focuses on the facility’s regulatory compliance, while reducing facility expenses on an annual basis and allowing internal personnel to focus on production. August Mack’s proven program manages corporate risk by outsourcing a plant’s regulatory compliance for a fixed monthly fee.
Our experience shows that clients spend a significant amount of time and money participating in training seminars, policy and regulatory committee meetings to educate themselves and track the ever-changing regulatory requirements. After all the research and education, many manufacturers are still uncertain regarding the applicability of regulations for their specific operations. In the end, compliance can only be confirmed via regulatory agency inspections, which often result in “Notices of Violation”, penalties and fines. eCAP® is designed to eliminate all of these uncertainties and allows you to focus on your bottom line.
eCAP® provides a team of experts in all areas of EPA environmental compliance to implement, review and maintain an environmental management system that ensures compliance with current and future regulations. This allows the facility personnel to focus efforts on production requirements and August Mack experts to focus on the facility’s EH&S compliance issues.
eCAP® is modularly designed to help facilities achieve and maintain compliance with the following:
When preparing for an employee to enter a confined space, the entry supervisor and crew should pre-plan the entire job focusing on identifying potential hazards and the elimination/control of the hazards. The program coordinator also should be able to provide assistance during the pre-planning process. The pre-planning process must consider at the least the following items:
If your company needs help with its pre-planning process for confined spaces, contact one of the environmental, health and safety plan consultants at August Mack Environmental at 800.579.0770.
August Mack Environmental, Inc., a full-service environmental, health and safety (EH&S) consulting firm, is pleased to the promotion of Bennett Thayer to Office Manager for the Dublin, Ohio office. Since joining August Mack in 2004, Thayer has served as a field scientist, staff scientist and project manager.
With more than eight years of experience, Thayer specializes in local, state and federal environmental compliance; environmental, health and safety (EH&S) servicing and reporting; environmental management program development and implementation; biological assessment and environmental investigations; groundwater monitoring; subsurface investigations; underground storage tank (UST) closure; environmental site assessments; wetland determinations and delineations; remedial system operations and maintenance; work plan design and implementation; asbestos surveys; Storm Water Pollution Prevention Plan (SWPPP) preparation and implementation; and Spill Prevention, Control and Countermeasures (SPCC) Plan preparation and implementation. In his new role as an office manager, Thayer will be responsible for managing the office’s daily operations, providing technical oversight for projects and managing the office’s growing staff. According to Bryan Petriko, vice president and principal environmental engineer for August Mack, “During the past six years at August Mack, Ben has shown exemplary strength in leadership, technical knowledge, resource management and client management. These qualities made him an excellent choice for the Office Manager position of our Ohio office. I am confident that our Ohio office will continue to flourish under his leadership.”
Thayer received his Bachelor of Arts degree in Environmental Science from Otterbein College.
August Mack Environmental, Inc. is a full-service environmental, health and safety (EH&S) consulting firm specializing in regulatory compliance; environmental due diligence and risk management; site investigation/remediation/closure; and sustainability services to the industrial, legal, financial, health care and government sectors throughout North America. August Mack has offices in Indiana, Michigan, Missouri, Ohio and Pennsylvania. For more information on the company’s products and services, call 317.916.8000 or visit www.augustmack.com.
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) violations and fines can be time consuming to correct, expensive and bring a negative light to a company’s overall reputation. Repeat violations, or willful or knowing violations, will compound these issues exponentially. OSHA views repeat violations as a company’s indifference to safety in general and can put you in a high risk category. In fact, OSHA has a clear set of programs and procedures designed to concentrate resources on companies with repeat violations.
To learn more about OSHA violations, click here to read an article written by an Health & Safety Compliance expert at August Mack Environmental.
As discussed in an earlier post, eCAP® has a five-step process that one of our environmental compliance specialists utilize to implement eCAP® at any facility. The second step in this process is compliance review and planning.
During the environmental, health and safety compliance review and planning process, the eCAP® account team will meet with your management team to review your current compliance status and make plans for the year ahead. We evaluate a wide range of variables, including potential new regulations, the possibility of facility process changes, increased production, capital improvements, reduced waste generation, increased energy efficiency and improved raw materials usage. Additionally, we develop customized audit protocols for routine inspections.
To learn more on how eCAP can help your facility maintain EPA environmental compliance and reduce the cost of environmental compliance programs, click here to read an article written by one of August Mack's technical experts.
As discussed in an earlier post, eCAP® has a five-step process that one of our environmental compliance specialists utilize to implement eCAP® at any facility. The first step in this process is environmental compliance auditing.
The environmental, health and safety compliance audit is designed to establish which regulatory programs apply to your facility and where you stand. This audit includes a complete review of your records and a comprehensive on-site inspection of all your facilities, using the same inspection strategy utilized by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA).
To learn more, click here to read an article on common audit findings written by one of August Mack's technical experts.
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